E-SINGAPORE: Ungase ucabange ukuthi ukushintsha kusuka kumapulasitiki asetshenziswa kanye uye kwezinye izinto zepulasitiki ezibolayo kuhle endaweni ezungezile kodwa eSingapore, "awukho umehluko osebenzayo", kusho ochwepheshe.
Bavame ukuphelela endaweni efanayo - i-incinerator, kusho uProfesa Ohlangene u-Tong Yen Wah ovela eMnyangweni Wezobunjiniyela Bamakhemikhali Nobunjiniyela be-Biomolecular e-National University of Singapore (NUS).
Imfucumfucu yepulasitiki ebolayo yenza umehluko emvelweni kuphela lapho igqitshwa ezindaweni zokulahla imfucumfucu, wengeza.
“Kulezi zimo, lezi zikhwama zepulasitiki ziyakwazi ukuwohloka ngokushesha uma ziqhathaniswa ne-polyethylene evamile futhi ngeke ziphazamise imvelo.Sekukonke eSingapore, kungase kubize ngisho nangokwengeziwe ukushisela amapulasitiki abolayo,” kusho u-Assoc Prof Tong.Wachaza ukuthi lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ezinye izinketho ezibolayo zithatha izinsiza ezengeziwe ukuze zikhiqize, okwenza zibize kakhulu.
Imibono ihambisana nalokho uDkt Amy Khor, uNgqongqoshe Omkhulu Wezwe wezeMvelo kanye Nemithombo Yamanzi akusho ePhalamende ngo-Agasti - ukuthi ukuhlolwa komjikelezo wokuphila kwezikhwama ezithwala izinto ezisetshenziswa kanye nezinto ezilahlwayo okwenziwa yi-National Environmental Agency (NEA) kwathola ukuthi ukufaka esikhundleni sezikhwama ezisetshenziswa kanye nezinto ezisetshenziswayo. amapulasitiki anezinye izinhlobo zezinto zokupakisha ezisetshenziswa kanye “akuyona neze ingcono endaweni ezungezile”.
“ESingapore, imfucuza iyashiswa futhi ayishiywa ezindaweni zokulahla imfucumfucu ukuze yonakale.Lokhu kusho ukuthi izidingo zensiza zezikhwama ezingabolikala i-oxo ziyefana nezezikhwama zepulasitiki, futhi ziphinde zibe nomthelela ofanayo kwezemvelo lapho zishiswa.
“Ngaphezu kwalokho, izikhwama ezibolekwa yi-oxo zingaphazamisa inqubo yokugaywa kabusha uma zixutshwa namapulasitiki avamile,” kusho ucwaningo lwe-NEA.
Amapulasitiki awonakaliswa yi-Oxo asheshe aqhekeke abe yizicucu ezincane nezincane, ezibizwa ngokuthi ama-microplastics, kodwa awaqhekeki ezingeni le-molecular noma i-polymer njengamapulasitiki abolayo futhi ahlanganiswe.
Ama-microplastics avelayo ashiywa endaweni engapheli kuze kube yilapho ekugcineni ebhidlika ngokuphelele.
I-European Union (EU) empeleni inqume ngoMashi ukuvimbela izinto ezenziwe ngepulasitiki oxo-okonakalayo kanye nokuvinjelwa kokusetshenziswa kwepulasitiki eyodwa.
Lapho ithatha isinqumo, i-EU yathi ipulasitiki ewohlokayo i-oxo “ayiwohloki kahle i-biodegrade futhi ngaleyo ndlela iba nomthelela ekungcolisweni kwe-microplastic emvelweni”.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Dec-22-2023
